On a ho
t summer a
fternoon
in New
York, Emma Jon
es gossips
with other ne
ighbors in her
residen
tial building
about the a
ffair that
Mrs. Anna M
aurrant
and the milkma
n Steve San
key are hav
ing. When the
rude and
unfriendly
Mr. Frank Mau
rrant ar
rives, they c
hange the s
ubject. Meanwhi
le, the
ir teena
ge daughter R
ose Mau
rrant is b
eing sexua
lly pressured
by her marr
ied boss
Mr. Bert Eas
ter. She
does howeve
r very
much like
her kind you
ng Jewi
sh neighbo
r Sam, who h
as a seriou
s crush
on her. T
he next mor
ning, Frank
Maurrant tel
ls his wi
fe that he
is traveli
ng to Stam
ford on
business. Mrs
. Maurrant m
eets the gentl
e Sankey in her
apartm
ent, b
ut out of th
e blue Frank
comes back
home. He real
izes his
wife is
upstairs wi
th Sanke
y, and runs
upstairs. We
hear shots a
nd see th
e two me
n struggling
as San
key tries
to escape t
hrough t
he windo
w. Maurrant
runs ou
t with a
gun. He has ki
lled Sanke
y and fat
ally wo
unded his wif
e. Maurrant i
s apprehended a
nd is le
d away by po
lice. He apolo
gizes to
his daughter
Rose, w
ho will
now have to t
ake care o
f herself
and her young
brother w
ithout
either
parent. Ros
e&#3
9;s boss
offers on
ce again to
set her up in h
er own apar
tment, but s
he refuses. T
hen she sees S
am, an
d tells him s
he wants
to leave t
he city. Sam
pleads w
ith her to let
him go wit
h her, but
she tel
ls him it will
be bette
r for the two
of them to
have a couple
of year
s apart
before
they consi
der becomi
ng a couple.
Rose walks
off down th
e street by h
erself.
　　On a hot summ
er after
noon in New Yor
k, Emma Jone
s gossips w
ith other
neighbors in
her residen
tial